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| LUNGS, KIDNEYS, SKIN, INTESTINES |
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| SOURCES OF WATER LOSS FOR THE BODY |
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| HORMONES THAT HAVE A ROLE IN FLUID REGULATION |
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| A POSTIVE CHARGED ION WITH GREATEST CONCENTRATION IN THE BLOOD |
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| A CLINICAL SIGN SIGN OF DEHYDRATION |
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| ABOVE NORMAL LEVEL OF POTASSIUM IN THE BLOOD; CAUSES MUSCLE WEAKNESS & CARDIAC ARREST IN SEVERE CASES |
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| TOTAL VOLUME & DISTIRBUTION OF WATER IN THE BODY REMAIN RELATIVELY CONSTANT & WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS |
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| SMALLEST AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE BODY & AT MOST RISK FOR SEVERE DEHYDRATION FROM VOMITING & DIARRHEA |
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| HYPERKALEMIA & HYPOKALEMIA |
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| CAUSES MUSCLE WEAKNESS & CARDIAC PROBLEMS |
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| BELOW NORMAL LEVEL OF CALCIUM IN BLOOD. DECREASES NEUROMUSCULAR IRRITABILITY RESULTING IN FATIGUE, MUSCLE WEAKNESS, & DIMINISHED REFLEXES |
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| SUBSTANCE THAT DISSOCIATES INTO IONS WHEN IT DISSOLVES IN WATER |
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| BLOOD SODIUM LEVEL BELOW NORMAL |
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| LOWER THAN NORMAL BLOOD CONCENTRATION OF POTASSIUM |
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| CAUSED BY RAPID INFUSION OF INTRAVENOUS FLUID |
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| LOWER THAN NORMAL BLOOD LEVEL OF CALCIUM. CAUSES TWITCHING OF MUSCLES & ABNORMAL CARDIAC RHYTHMS |
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| ABNORMAL INCREASE IN INTERSTITIAL FLUID CAUSING SWELLING IN PARTS OF BODY, FREQUENTLY THE LOWER LIMBS |
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| HIGHER THAN NORMAL LEVEL OF CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD |
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| ABOVER NORMAL LEVEL OF SODIUM IN THE BLOOD |
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| BODY TISSUE THAT CONTAINS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WATER |
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